affirmation
the assertion that something exists or is true.
something that is affirmed; a statement or proposition that is declared to be true.
confirmation or ratification of the truth or validity of a prior judgment, decision, etc.
Law. a solemn declaration accepted instead of a statement under oath.
Origin of affirmation
1Other words from affirmation
- non·af·fir·ma·tion, noun
- o·ver·af·fir·ma·tion, noun
- pre·af·fir·ma·tion, noun
- re·af·fir·ma·tion, noun
- self-af·fir·ma·tion, noun
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How to use affirmation in a sentence
Every time you use the app to take a photo, a Tyra sound bite plays, offering affirmations for each and every snap.
Lara Stone is Pregnant; Tyra Banks' New App Is Great For Sexting | The Fashion Beast Team | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe has wooed shoppers and reassured them, whispered style affirmations in their ears, cajoled them toward confidence.
More appeals led to more affirmations, and now, eleven years later, the case was winding down.
Martyrdoms do not occur for ethical generalizations, much less for philosophical affirmations.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayWe shall not say anything of the affirmations so frequently made use of by the learned.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
These affirmations provoked very keen protests in the ecclesiastical world.
The priest commended the sight and the wish with smiling affirmations that somehow seemed to lack sympathy.
Bonaventure | George Washington CableThe passage quoted from Dr. Barrows contains six specific affirmations.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? | John B. Remsburg
British Dictionary definitions for affirmation
/ (ˌæfəˈmeɪʃən) /
the act of affirming or the state of being affirmed
a statement of the existence or truth of something; assertion
law a solemn declaration permitted on grounds of conscientious objection to taking an oath
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